Phoenix College Catalog 2009-10

Phoenix College 2009–2010 CATALOG | 255
CRW240AG
Writing Studio Workshop I:
Poetry Revision
1 credit(s) 1 period(s) lecture
Revision techniques for poetry.
Prerequisites: None.
CRW242AA
Writing Studio Workshop I: Memoir
2 credit(s) 2 period(s) lecture
Studio course focusing on memoir writing;
prewriting, writing, analysis, evaluation, and
revision of memoir writing, primarily in
nonfiction. Prerequisites: None.
CRW242AB
Writing Studio Workshop I:
Discovering Voice in Poetry
2 credit(s) 2 period(s) lecture
Studio course focusing on discovering voice
in poetry; prewriting, writing, analysis,
evaluation, and revision of poetry in a variety
of forms. Prerequisites: None.
CRW242AD
Writing Studio Workshop I:
Magical Realism
2 credit(s) 2 period(s) lecture
Studio course focusing on using magical
realism in writing. Prewriting, writing,
analysis, evaluation, and revision of magical
realism, primarily in fiction. Prerequisites:
None.
CRW242AF
Writing Studio Workshop I:
Poetic Forms
3 credit(s) 3 period(s) lecture
Studio course focusing on writing poetic
forms; prewriting, writing in forms, analysis,
scansion, evaluation, research, and revision
of poetry in a variety of forms. Prerequisites:
None.
CRW242AG
Writing Studio Workshop I:
Dream Writing
2 credit(s) 2 period(s) lecture
Studio course focusing on writing using
dreams and dream imagery; prewriting,
writing, analysis, evaluation, and revision of
writing in several genres. Prerequisites:
None.
CRW242AH
Writing Studio Workshop I:
Musical Elements of Poetry
3 credit(s) 3 period(s) lecture
Studio course focusing on the musical
elements of poetry, including sounds and
rhythms, rhyme, traditional rhetorical
devices, line and stanza; examines
relationship between the written and spoken
poem; prewriting, writing, analysis,
evaluation, and revision of poetry.
Prerequisites: None.
CRW242AI
Writing Studio Workshop I: Cultural
Viewpoints
2 credit(s) 2 period(s) lecture
Studio course focusing on the influence of
culture and ethnicity on the writer, including
factors such as age, gender, race, region,
class, and sexual preference. Prewriting,
writing, analysis, evaluation, and revision of
creative writing generated from an
exploration of culture. Prerequisites:
HUM120 or permission of instructor.
CRW242AJ
Writing Studio Workshop I:
The Urban Experience
2 credit(s) 2 period(s) lecture
Studio course focusing on the urban
experience as subject, symbol, and influence
in creative writing. Prewriting, writing,
analysis, evaluation, and revision of creative
writing generated from an exploration of the
urban experience. Prerequisites: HUM125
or permission of instructor.
CRW250AA
Writing Studio Workshop II:
Exploring Obsession
1 credit(s) 1 period(s) lecture
Intermediate level, multi-genre creative
writing, exploring obsessions as a tool for
discovery and invention. Prerequisites:
None.
CRW250AC
Writing Studio Workshop II:
Journeys and Excursions
1 credit(s) 1 period(s) lecture
Studio course focusing on creating and
writing through the use of journeys, real and
imagined; prewriting, writing, analysis,
evaluation, and revision of writing in several
genres. Prerequisites: Acceptance to the
Creative Writing program or permission of
the program director.
CRW252AA
Studio Workshop II: Unreliable
Narrator Fiction
2 credit(s) 2 period(s) lecture
Intermediate writing workshop exploring
uses and types of the unreliable narrator in
fiction. Prerequisites: Acceptance to the
Creative Writing program or permission of
the program director.
CRW252AB
Writing Studio Workshop II:
Point of View
3 credit(s) 3 period(s) lecture
Studio course focusing on point of view;
prewriting, writing, analysis, evaluation, and
revision; experimentation with using
different points of view; students may work
in any genre. Prerequisites: Acceptance to
the Creative Writing program or permission
of the program director.
CRW252AC
Writing Studio Workshop II:
Writing Revisionist Myths
2 credit(s) 2 period(s) lecture
Studio course focusing on writing revisionist
myths; prewriting, writing, analysis,
evaluation, and revision of writing in several
genres. Prerequisites: Acceptance to the
Creative Writing program or permission of
the program director.
CRW252AD
Writing Studio Workshop II:
Creating the Multiple Self in Writing
2 credit(s) 2 period(s) lecture
Studio course focusing on creating and
writing through the use of the multiple self;
prewriting, writing, analysis, evaluation, and
revision of writing in several genres.
Prerequisites: Acceptance to the Creative
Writing program or permission of the
program director.
CRW261
Topics in Writing: Poetry
3 credit(s) 3 period(s) lecture
Analysis, writing, and revision of genre or
element within poetry. Prerequisites:
CRW150 or permission of instructor.
CRW270
Intermediate Fiction Writing
3 credit(s) 3 period(s) lecture
Writing a series of original short stories;
analysis of established works of fiction;
concentration on revising students’ fiction
through intensive workshopping.
Prerequisites: CRW170 or permission of
instructor.
CRW271
Topics in Writing: Fiction
3 credit(s) 3 period(s) lecture
Analysis, writing, and revision of genre or
element within fiction. Prerequisites:
CRW150 or permission of instructor.
CRW272
Planning and Structuring the Novel
3 credit(s) 3 period(s) lecture
Focus on planning, structuring, and beginning
a novel; prewriting, writing, analysis,
evaluation, and revision of novel plans and
excerpts. Prerequisites: CRW150 or
permission of instructor.
CRW273
Writing the Novel
3 credit(s) 3 period(s) lecture
Provides the beginning novelist with
structure, support, and guidance vital to
sustained writing; focus on establishing
goals and using critique sessions with
instructor and peers to draft a novel; openand
topic-focused in-class forums, novel
writing, peer and instructor critiques.
Prerequisites: CRW272 or permission of
instructor.
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